Better plastics + self-aware bots + geothermal energy

By rahmat hidayat

Jumat, 08 Agustus 2025

view in browser MIT Daily August 8, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Plastics and AI Artificial intelligence is helping to develop tougher plastics: Using stress-responsive molecules identified by a machine-learning model, MIT chemists created polymers that are more resistant to tearing. This could lead to more durable plastics and cut down on plastic waste.  Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to control any robot from a single camera, without any other sensors. Full story via MIT News → Creeping crystals: Scientists observe “salt creep” at the single-crystal scale A Device Research Lab study uncovers mechanisms behind a phenomenon that can impact civil engineering, desalination, coatings, membrane design, art conservation, and more. Full story via MIT News → School of Architecture and Planning welcomes new faculty for 2025 Four new professors join the Department of Architecture and MIT Media Lab. Full story via MIT News → Professor Emeritus Peter Temin, influential and prolific economic historian, dies at 87 The longtime MIT scholar and former department head used the tools of economics to shed new light on historical events and their profound implications for today’s society. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitmadmaking on Instagram→ In the Media Superhot geothermal energy could unearth big power boost for the AI era // CNBC CNBC spotlights Quaise Energy, an MIT spinoff developing geothermal energy technology. “We intend to build the first in the world superhot, or super critical geothermal power plant, to show exactly that 10X output that you get by going hotter,” says Carlos Araque ’01 SM ’02. Full story via CNBC→ Look Back Did you know that MIT icon Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards, longtime instructor in what was formerly the Sanitary Chemistry department, was a cat lady? On International Cat Day, feel free to share this feline fact with your favorite friends. Learn more via the MIT Museum → This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by building racecars with your besties. 🏎️ The MIT Daily is publishing on a summer Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule through August. Thanks for reading, and enjoy your weekend! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.ikut@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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